{SE} I thought I was done with lectures

A panther in the night, a fire burning bright. "He certainly does." She said sarcastically. Ray thought about it for a moment. Did she tell Milo about what she'd seen? Making a decision, Ray reached into her bag and pulled out the small doll with the porcelain mask she had found in the sand. She held it out to Milo. "I found this while I was walking, almost tripped on it." She took a deep breath to steel herself. "And right after I could have sworn I saw some specters that looked like people I know who have passed on." She said in an uncharacteristically quiet voice. Ray purposefully kept her information vague. The meeting with her parents was too personal to share. "It seems there really is some truth to these rumors." r a y The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. —Albert Camus